My co-worker and her husband just lost their chocolate lab to cancer. The dog was losing weight and not eating so they took him in and had all kinds of blood work that didn't show much. He seemed better for a couple weeks, and then all of a sudden he wouldn't lay down and was panting badly. They took him back in and had x-rays. His diaphram had ruptured as he had a large mass that had pushed his organs out of place in his abdomen. The tumor was too large to remove, and they had to put him down. It was very sad. Unfortunately, this very brave dog did not show many symptoms until the very end.
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